Health

ISLAMABAD, 22 July (Online): Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in its quarterly bottled water quality monitoring report issued on Friday declared 26 brands as unsafe for human consumption. For the last quarter (April to June, 2022), 174 samples of Mineral/Bottled water brands […]

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Online): World Brain Day was observed today to increase awareness regarding brain health. This year the Day was observed under the theme: ‘Brain Health for all’ in the context of pandemics, wars, climate change and massive disparities in health equity that are […]

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Online): Everyone may feel anxious or sad at times. However, some people may experience life-disrupting levels of these emotions on a regular basis, developing into a mental health disorder that requires treatment. Researchers at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom […]

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Online): As many as 679 people were reported to have been infected while 7 succumbed to COVID-19 during the last 24 hours in the country. According to the NIH latest statistics 23035 diagnostic tests were carried out of which 679 returned positive. […]

ISLAMABAD – July 18 (ONLINE) Federal Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel on Monday stressed for greater awareness amongst the masses about family planning in order to check the population growth. According to a report by the state-run Radio Pakistan, Patel was addressing […]

London, July 18 (AFP/APP):Haleon, the consumer healthcare unit spun off by British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline, was worth around £31 billion ($36 billion) when it began trading in London on Monday. The new company — which owns brands including Sensodyne toothpaste, pain relief drug Panadol and […]

London, July 16 (AFP/APP): British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline on Monday demerges its newly-named consumer healthcare unit Haleon, resulting in what is set to be London’s largest new stock market listing in more than a decade. The new company — owning brands including Sensodyne toothpaste, pain […]

ISLAMABAD, July 07 (Online): Kidney diseases occur when kidneys lose the ability to filter waste from the blood. The number of Indians who suffer from chronic kidney ailments has doubled in the past decade; about 8 to 10% of the adult population suffers from some […]

ISLAMABAD, July 7 (ONLINE): Dena Ressler, a New Jersey-based retiree in her 60s, had a “splitting headache” that lasted 3 months. It came with a cough and shortness of breath. After serious medical conditions were ruled out, it was found that her headache was stress-related. […]

FAISALABAD, Jul 06 (APP): Over 8.46 million (8,468,938) people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the district. District Health Officer Dr Ataul Mun’im said on Wednesday that 4,643,666 citizens were injected first dose while 3,741,338 were administered the second dose of vaccine. He […]